Dugu Jingyao is reborn as Li Chu's beloved

Chapter 217 Pavilion Set-up 2

After Zheng Wan finished drinking, she returned the cup to Si Jian. Gu Shiyi thought, this cup of tea had passed through Princess Yi'an's hands. If Zheng Wan had a public outburst, she could pin the blame on Princess Yi'an. After all, who would have thought a princess would do such a thing? Furthermore, even if someone suspected her, it would be difficult to find evidence to prove she was involved. This way, she could stay out of the situation and avoid being implicated.

But the reality was not what she expected. The drug should have taken effect by now, but Zheng Wan showed no reaction at all. Gu Shiyi couldn't help but wonder, and accidentally muttered, "How can she be fine?"

Li Ruo keenly caught this sentence, and asked in a serious voice from the seat at the top, "What is it?"

Gu Shiyi said in a panic: "Nothing, Princess, maybe you heard it wrong."

Li Neng was not one to indulge her. He snorted and said, "Humph, you thought no one heard it? And you said you heard it wrongly. Did so many of us hear it wrongly at the same time?"

Gu Shiyi could only kowtow and say, "That is not what I meant!"

Li Ruo said, "Stop it. I don't want to know what you mean. I just want to know what you want to do to my brother and the others!"

Gu Shiyi's heart tightened, and beads of sweat appeared on her forehead. She hadn't expected her words to attract so much attention. She wanted to continue to defend herself.

But Li Chu's patience had run out. He had a suspicion in his mind that Gu Shiyi must have put something bad in the tea, but the other two were unaware of it. He probably thought the tea had passed through Jingyao's hands, and Gu Shiyi might even want to blame Jingyao for the drugging. What a hateful woman!

Li Chu's guess was almost entirely correct, so he decisively said, "Since you're unwilling to tell the truth, Feng Shengyi, go and fetch Lord Gu, the Dali Temple Minister, immediately. As the Dali Temple Minister, he must enforce the law impartially and cannot abuse his power for personal gain."

Hearing this, Gu Shiyi was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground and even forgot to beg for mercy.

Not long after, Feng Shengyi arrived at the main hall to invite Lord Gu, the Minister of Justice. Since Feng Shengyi personally went to invite him, he naturally caught the attention of Chu Xiaoyi and the others. They stopped Feng Shengyi, and Chu Xiaoyi anxiously asked, "Feng Shengyi, what happened? Why did Chuer invite Lord Gu here?"

Feng Shengyi bowed and said, "My Lord, this matter involves Miss Gu, so His Highness asked me to come and fetch Lord Gu."

Because Feng Shengyi was replying, almost everyone in the main hall heard it. Madam Gu was furious and thought to herself: What on earth has this little bitch done wrong? How could she bring disgrace upon the Marquis' Mansion?

Chu Xiaoyi then said, "It seems it has something to do with Chu'er?"

Feng Shengyi hesitated for a moment and said, "My Lord, you are wise!"

Dugu Xin frowned slightly and said, "In that case, Brother Chu, let's go and take a look!" Chu Xiaoyi nodded in agreement, and a group of people walked out of the main hall and came to the pavilion where the incident happened.

When Lord Gu and Madam Gu saw Gu Shiyi slumped on the ground, they felt something was wrong, but since they were following behind the prince and the marquis, they naturally did not dare to speed up their pace rashly.

As they approached, everyone in the garden bowed. Dugu Xin called them up, and they went to the pavilion. Dugu Xin saw that everyone was there, and after they sat down, he asked, "Chu'er, Yao'er, what happened?"

Unexpectedly, Li Chu and Dugu Jingyao remained silent. Instead, Liu Jingyue, who had been watching the show from the side, spoke up. She said indignantly, "Father, it was this woman who drugged His Royal Highness the Prince of Guangping and the others!"

As soon as these words were spoken, everyone around, whether they understood or not, suddenly understood.

Gu Shiyi didn't expect that the princess, who hadn't said anything before, had guessed it. No, she was just guessing. As long as she didn't let it go, it would be fine.

So Gu Shiyi said in a crying voice: "Princess, you can't slander me! I didn't do it!" She looked like she had suffered a great injustice.

Liu Jingyue couldn’t help but roll her eyes in her heart: What a green tea bitch!

Seeing that Gu Shiyi refused to admit it, Li Chu said to Chu Xiaoyi, "Please trouble my uncle to ask the court doctor to come over."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xiaoyi immediately signaled Xiao He to call the court physician. In less than an incense stick of time, Xiao He brought the court physician, who was panting heavily, to the pavilion. The court physician was frightened by this and thought that there was some seriously ill patient.

He breathed as steadily as possible and greeted Chu Xiaoyi and the others. Then Li Chu said, "Could the court doctor please check if there's anything unusual about this cup of tea?"

The doctor replied "yes" and went forward to pick up the teacup. He first looked at it and smelled it, but found nothing unusual. Gu Shiyi saw that the doctor was about to reply, so she knew that nothing had been found. Besides, the medicine had been drunk, so what could be found by checking the cup? Gu Shiyi's expression eased slightly when she thought of this.

Unexpectedly, Li Chu pushed another cup of tea to the court doctor and said, "Test this one."

The court doctor stepped forward to take a look, smelled it, and found nothing wrong. He pondered: Since they said there was a drug, but they couldn't find it, it must be colorless and odorless. If it was a strong drug...

He took a small bottle of unknown white powder and poured it into the teacup, which instantly turned red. The court doctor understood and said something calmly, which shocked the others and made them gasp: "Your Highness, the teacup was indeed drugged. It is Yin Yang He Huan Powder."

Chu Xiaoyi asked, "Is there an antidote?"

The court doctor shook his head: "No, we can only balance yin and yang..."

Gu Shiyi's face turned pale, and she quickly shook her head and looked at Li Chu: "Impossible! Impossible! How did Your Highness know that there was medicine in this tea?"

Li Chu said, "I didn't expect that at first, but seeing how eager you were to get us to drink it, I felt something was amiss."

Zheng Wan, who was behind, was still in shock, but she drank a glass and nothing happened. Dugu Jingyao saw Zheng Wan's expression and explained, "I swapped the glass that Miss Zheng drank. You're fine after drinking it."

Zheng Wan kowtowed quickly and said, "Thank you, Princess, for saving my life!" Then she rushed forward and tore at Gu Shiyi: "You actually want to ruin my reputation, you bitch!"

Gu Shiyi defended herself and argued, "I didn't, I tried hard, it was just that the maid was skilled, I didn't spill the tea!"

Seeing the chaos below, Wei Jiayan could no longer bear it and said, "Are you all dead? Hurry and separate the two of them!"

The Dali Temple Minister and his wife were both shocked by Gu Shiyi's audacity. Especially Mrs. Gu: This little bitch actually dared to drug the prince, how brave is she?

The Dali Temple Minister immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Your Highness, Lord, it is all my fault for not raising my daughter well and spoiling her. I will punish her severely when I return."

Li Chu only said, "Oh? I wonder how the always fair Lord Gu would punish his beloved daughter?"

Lord Gu gritted his teeth and said, "Your Highness, I will punish her according to the family rules and confine her at home. She is not allowed to embarrass herself again!"

Li Chu was quite satisfied with the result: "Okay, then I hope Lord Gu will keep his word. Otherwise, I will send him to the government, or to your Dali Temple, and deal with him according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty!"

Lord Gu broke out in a cold sweat and quickly said, "Yes, I will follow your Highness' instructions."

Gu Shiyi's hair was loosened by Zheng Wan's pulling, her makeup was a mess, and she was dragged out... The farce came to an end.